ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4008
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JANUARY 25, 2021
The Assembly Labor Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4008.
Under current law, a registered apprenticeship model consists of a combination of both classroom-related technical instruction and on-the-job training. As amended, this bill provides that partners participating in the consortium are required to consult and gain approval from the United States Department of Labor before making agreements which provide that secondary classroom experience may count as credit toward meeting the requirements of the classroom training portion of a registered apprenticeship in an already established school-to-apprenticeship linkage program.
As amended, the bill provides that partners participating in the consortium are required to consult and gain approval from the United States Department of Labor before making agreements which provide that secondary classroom experience may count as credit toward meeting the requirements of the classroom training portion of a registered apprenticeship, except as prohibited by State or federal law, for each apprenticeship program.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) require the partners participating in the consortium to consult and gain approval from the United States Department of Labor before making agreements which provide that secondary classroom experience may count as credit toward meeting the requirements of the classroom training portion of a registered apprenticeship; and
(2) except as prohibited by State or federal law, for each apprenticeship program, to require the partners participating in the consortium to consult and gain approval from the United States Department of Labor before making agreements which provide that secondary classroom experience may count as credit toward meeting the requirements of the classroom training portion of a registered apprenticeship.